May 31, 2011
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Mažučiai – Largest Japanese Garden in Europe | Lithuania Updated: May 31, 2020 | By Claire | More Mažučiai (Madzuchai) is a village in Lithuania, lying in the district Kretinga, 3 km west of Darbėnai. However the village has only 23 inhabitants it is world-wide known for the largest Japanese garden in Europe. The creation […]
Tags: aesthetic-elements, altitude, architects, charitable-donations, collaboration, economic-crisis, european-union, garden, hiroshi, inhabitants, japan, japanese-culture, japanese-garden, japanese-gardens, largest-japanese-garden-in-europe, lithuania, lithuanian-state, madzuchai, musicians, nature, sea-level, style-gardens, watanabe, western-style
Categories: Lithuania
February 15, 2011
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Matera – one of the oldest settled place in Italy Updated: January 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Matera is a town in southern Italy, 65km south-east from Bari. The town was founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. Matera reminds a poor peasant culture, which, since prehistoric times began to excavate […]
Tags: 1980s, bari, beautiful-view, cliff-dwellings, cultural-heritage, duomo, european-union, hiking-trails, italy, maps, marked-trails, matera, oldest-settled-place-in-italy, peasant-culture, poor-peasant, prehistoric-times, romans, sassi, southern-italy, town, unesco, unesco-world, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
January 31, 2011
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Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) is the highest mountain in the Alps, the highest in Western Europe, and the highest in the European Union at 4,805.59 metres — a colossal dome of snow and ice straddling the border between France and Italy that has been the holy grail of mountaineering since its first ascent […]
Tags: 8th-august, chamonix-mont-blanc, climbers, european-union, european-union-countries, first-winter-olympics, first-woman, france, haute-savoie, highest-mountain-in-the-alps, highest-mountain-of-european-union, italy, italy-and-france, jacques-balmat, mont-blanc, mont-blanc-massif, mountain, mountains, nature, observatory, paccard, paradis, ski-resort, thick-layer, unfavorable-conditions, vicinity, winter-olympics
Categories: France, Nature
November 12, 2010
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Mini-Europe is one of Brussels’ most popular tourist attractions — a delightful miniature park at the foot of the Atomium featuring more than 350 highly detailed 1:25 scale models of Europe’s most famous buildings, from the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Acropolis, all set within beautifully landscaped […]
Tags: admission-fee, animation, animations, atomium, belgium, brussels, brussels-belgium, desk, earthquake, european-cities, european-union, high-quality, mini-europe, mini-europe-park, models, monuments, night-mini, openning-hours, tourist-destination, turnover, vesuvius
Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, Belgium
September 4, 2010
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Sofia is one of Europe’s most underrated capitals — a city where 7,000 years of history are layered into a compact, walkable centre of Roman ruins, Ottoman mosques, Orthodox cathedrals, and Soviet-era monuments, all set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Vitosha. Bulgaria’s administrative, cultural, and economic heart, Sofia offers visitors an extraordinary value city […]
Tags: antiquity, bulgaria, capital-cities, city, educational-centre, european-union, existence, landmarks, map, mineral-spring, mount-vitosha, periods, population, prehistoric-settlements, remnants, slatina, sofia, substructures, town-walls
Categories: Bulgaria, Sights
April 29, 2010
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Sweden – open and accepting society Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Sweden is the third largest country by area in European Union (after France and Spain), located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It is bordering with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and has also water […]
Tags: 5-million, abba, best-time, bridge-tunnel, constitutional-monarchy, east-sweden, european-union, featured, immigrants, inhabitants, king-carl-xvi-gustaf, kingdom-of-sweden, largest-cities, norrland, northern-europe, parliamentary-democracy, polar-night, scandinavian-peninsula, stockholm, sweden, water-borders
Categories: All Countries, Sweden
April 27, 2010
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Belgium – head of European Union Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Belgium is a developed European country, which boasts one of the highest GDP in the world. It has great historical and especially cultural heritage. In a country you can visit numerous monuments from various historical periods. The most popular Belgian […]
Tags: atomium, belgian-cities, belgium, belgium-brussels, brussels-belgium, capital-city-of-belgium, capital-of-belgium, cosmopolitan-city, council-of-ministers, cultural-heritage, european-parliament-brussels, european-union, featured, flemish, founding-member, french-fries, gdp-in-the-world, ghent, grand-place, historic-houses, international-organizations, kingdom-of-belgium, liege-belgium, mini-europe, nato, northwest-europe, population, tourist-sights, typical-dishes, wallonia, walloons
Categories: All Countries, Belgium
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Cyprus – hot country Updated: July 11, 2020 | By Claire | More The third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea – after Sicily and Sardinia – is that of Cyprus. Located 113 km south from Turkey and about 120 km west from the Syrian coast. Although it geographically belongs to Asia, but culturally to […]
Tags: cyprus, eastern-mediterranean, economy, european-union, featured, founding-member, hot-country, human-development-index, largest-island-in-the-mediterranean-sea, lebanon, map, non-aligned-movement, republic-of-cyprus, syria, third-largest-island, tourist-destinations, turkey
Categories: All Countries, Cyprus
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
France – country of good wine Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More In France there are three different climates: Atlantic, Mediterranean and inland. This is because the state is located in both northern and southern Europe. Winters are really cold here everywhere with strong gales. The average winter temperature in France is […]
Tags: administrative-units, atlantic-oceans, brittany-and-normandy, bullfighting, citizen, communes-france, continents, declaration-of-the-rights-of-man, dense-network, different-climates, european-union, euros-france, exchange-offices, featured, festival-in-cannes, france, france-country, french-guiana, french-polynesia, french-republic, french-rivers, guadeloupe-martinique, international-film-festival, island-of-corsica, member-state, new-caledonia, nimes, overseas-departments, overseas-territories, paris-lyon, roman-amphitheater, solstice, southern-europe, st-pierre-and-miquelon, summer-solstice, time-water, traditional-celebrations, travelers-checks, wallis-and-futuna, wallis-and-futuna-islands, water-sports, wine, wine-festival, winter-temperature
Categories: All Countries, France
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
Hungary – delicious goulash Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Hungary offers all kinds of the recreation opportunities. However it is not suitable for sea and salt water lovers, or for climbers and lovers of hiking and skiing, because the country is mostly flat and the higher hills are just at the […]
Tags: budapest-hungary, carpathian-basin, central-europe, croatia, european-origin, european-union, featured, finno, goulash, hungarian, hungary, indo-european, landlocked-country, magyar-koztarsasag, magyarorszag, nato, oecd, official-languages, republic-of-hungary, romania, serbia, slovakia
Categories: All Countries, Hungary
